What is "kamchia"

Kamchia or Kamchiya may refer to:

• Kamchiya, a 244.5 km long river in eastern Bulgaria.
• Resort of Kamchiya, a Black Sea coastal resort named after the river in north-east Bulgaria.
• Kamchia (biosphere reserve), a biosphere reserve in north-east Bulgaria which borders the resort and is also named after the river.
• Kamchia (village), a village in central-western Bulgaria, Burgas Province.
• Kamchiya Glacier, a glacier located on Livingston Island, Antarctica, named after the Kamchiya River.

The Kamchia Biosphere Reserve, is a UNESCO-listed biosphere reserve on the northern coastline of Bulgaria, comprising the floodplain at the mouth of the Kamchia River. Consisting largely of alluvial longose groves, (or the Longoz as it is also known), but also featuring some of the Black Sea coastline, the area of the protected habitats in the reserve, together with Kamchia Sands Protected Area, totals 1.200 ha. It protects the primeval forest from intensive logging and drainage that had decimated it by mid-20th century and was established in 1977. It is situated 25 km south of the town of Varna and is enclosed by the villages of Staro Oriahovo, Shkorpilovtsi and Bliznatsi.